Tag: Patrice Motsepe
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AFCON Update: FIFA President expects “fantastic tournament” after attending opener
FIFA President Gianni Infantino sees hosts Côte d’Ivoire kick off the competition against Guinea with the match “setting the tone for a fantastic tournament as revealed by the world football governing President as he thanked the nation for “uniting Africa and the whole world” around the tournament, Nigeriasoccernet.com reports. Mr Infantino was at the Alassane…
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Kano, Uyo bubbles with NLO Cup set to kick-off
As made available to Nigeriasoccernet.com, sixteen grassroot teams will ignite the cities of Kano and Uyo as the eagerly anticipated inaugural NLO Cup kicks in on Friday. The NLO Cup sponsored by telecommunications giant MTN and FirstCentral Credit Bureau is poised to celebrate the best of Nigeria’s third-tier football- and it doesn’t come much bigger…
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Shooting Stars promote four of their La Liga U-15 representatives
Shooting Stars have promoted four players to their Feeders team for the 2023 Nationwide League One season. The players are Afolabi Samad, Rahman Abdulsalam, Abass Abubakar and Oloyo Martins. The quartet were part of the Shooting Stars squad that finished second in the 2022 NPFL/LaLiga U15 Promise Youth League. “The aim is to develop talents…
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NFF set to announce new boards for various leagues in Nigeria
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has announced that new boards will be set up for the country’s various leagues in a month. The announcement was made in a communique from the Secretariat in Abuja. The leagues are the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL), Nigeria National League (NNL), Nigeria Women’s Football League (NWFL) and the Nationwide…
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2023 NLO draws to be conducted on March 13
The fixtures for the 2023 season of the Nationwide League One (Division One and Two) will be released on March 13. Over 153 teams will be part of the 2023 season, with the teams expected to be divided into groups. There will be three divisions (NL0 1,2,3) for the participating clubs. The collection of players’…
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Nigeriasoccernet Know Your NPFL Players
An average football lover in Nigeria knows practically all the players in top European clubs but don’t even know the names of our football clubs let alone the names of our players. Of course you can’t blame because this fans have not stepped their foot out of the country, some don’t even know the way…
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Abuja base team Mailantarki Care FC secure NNL Promotion
Mailantarki Care football club got promoted to Nigeria’s second-tier football league the ‘ Nigeria National League’ NNL in its first-ever Nationwide League One NLO outing. The Abuja base club defeated Flight FC 2-0 to get the important ticket. Auwal Abba to score an opener two minutes after the hour mark. Gabriel Emezie dispossessed…
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Legacy Pitch Surulere to host NLO Super 8
The much anticipated Nationwide League One (NLO) will kick off in the sports city of Lagos, Surulere, from 3rd to 8th October. Secretariat of the nation’s third-tier domestic league announced via its media department that the Legacy Pitch, National Stadium in Surulere will host the six days. Eight teams of Smart City FC (Lagos State),…
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NLO: League body approves modalities for Super 8 preparation
The Nationwide League One Board has approved the Secretariat request to commence the preparation for the 2022 season Super 8 championship to determine the overall winner for the season. The following clubs have already qualified for the event: Smart City FC Lagos State Madiba FC Lagos State F.C Ebedei Ogun State…
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Value Jet Cup: Ottasolo stun Rivers United, Vandrezzer beat Remo Stars as Ijebu United shock Plateau United
The 2022 Value Jet pre season cup produced yet another stunning results on Tuesday, Nigeriasoccernet.com can report. Ottasolo who recently relegated from Nigeria second tier league, the NNL to the NLO stunned Rivers United with a comeback in the late kickoff match played at the main bowl of the Remo Stars stadium Ikenne. Rivers United…
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Former NFF President pleads with NLO to allow NFF decide his Club’s petition
Former NFF President, Sani Lulu Abdullahi, has advised the leadership of the Nationwide League One (NLO 1) to allow the Appeals Committee of the Nigeria Football Federation to decide on the petition of his club, Fosla FC before going ahead with the Division 1 Group F playoff. Lulu who spoke at the end of the…